Hasan Ali challenges custody in Supreme Court

Hasan Ali, the country’s top-most tax evader under investigation for stashing away huge amounts of money abroad, Thursday challenged in the Supreme Court his “illegal” custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). An apex court bench of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy and Justice SS Nijjar, however, declined to entertain Ali’s plea on the grounds that there  [ Read More ]

Apex court concerned at cases over increments, promotions

Concerned over the increasing number of cases filed by disgruntled employees on denial of increments and promotions, the Supreme Court Wednesday sought the total number of such cases pending before different courts of the country in the last five years. An apex court bench of Justice G.S. Singhvi and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly said that  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court warns police against custodial violence

 The Supreme Court Tuesday warned the police that acts of custodial violence will not be tolerated as they cannot behave like the “oppressors of the people”. An apex court bench of Justice Markandey Katju and Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, while warning the police, said: “Policemen must learn how to behave as public servants in a  [ Read More ]

Ketan Desai’s election to Gujarat University senate challenged

The Supreme Court Monday issued notice on a petition by an NGO challenging the election of Ketan Desai, a former president of the Medical Council of India (MCI), to the Gujarat University senate. The petition was filed by People For Better Treatment (PBT) president Kunal Saha. Desai was removed from the MCI last year over  [ Read More ]

CBI can’t probe Goa drug nexus, high court told

The police-politician-drug mafia nexus case cannot be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as it ‘lacks manpower’ and has ‘constraints of local language’, its officials Tuesday told the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court. The federal investigation agency said this in a letter issued to the union ministry of personnel which was  [ Read More ]

Child witness’s testimony carries weight: Supreme Court

The courts can rely on evidence tendered by a child if it inspires its confidence and there was no embellishment or improvement in it, the Supreme Court has said. “The law on the issue (child’s evidence) can be summarised to the effect that the deposition of a child witness may require corroboration, but in case  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court stays Talwars’ trial in Aarushi murder

The Supreme Court Saturday stayed criminal trial of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ghaziabad, near here, for the murders of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. The apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S. Nijjar in a special hearing  [ Read More ]

Apex court reserves verdict on plea to cancel 2G licences

The Supreme Court Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition for cancellation of 2G licences illegally granted in 2008 after it was told considerations of ‘chaos’ and ‘loss’ of foreign investments if the licences were quashed could not outweigh the concerns over national security. The posituion was made clear to the apex court bench of  [ Read More ]

Apex court to hear plea seeking CBI probe into Batcha’s death

The Supreme Court will Thursday hear an application seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of Sadiq Batcha , who had been questioned by the investigating agency in the 2G spectrum scam. An apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly said it would hear the matter after  [ Read More ]

Hockey India to send team for Azlan Shah cup: Apex court

The Supreme Court Friday cleared the decks for Hockey India to send the Indian hockey team for the Sultan Azlan Shah cup tournament in Malaysia, starting May 5. The apex court bench of Justice J.M. Panchal and Justice H.L. Gokhale cleared Hockey India to send its team to Malaysia after being told that the International  [ Read More ]